for his devotion and sheer joy in relishing every meaty moment

for jumping head-first into a pool full of meat-crazed strangers

for their collaborative efforts to consume as many different meats as possible in each sitting

for his devotion to meat despite metro transits, unemployment, and chronic itis

for leaving in a hipster huff when pranked out of meat by our massive party

for maintaining perfect attendance AND picking up and extra shift WHILE continuing his service as official meatographer

for surpassing his un-bearded self in dangerous levels of meat consumption

for raising a child who will never know the pain of a world without meat week